Re:People Walked Differently in Medieval Times
by jacobolus on Saturday December 30, 2017 @06:04PM
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How old is your daughter, and how is the weather where you live?
My son is about 17 months old and has been walking for about 5 months. We live in one of the warmer parts of San Francisco, so for the first 3–4 months it was warm enough that he could just walk barefoot around the neighborhood. We sometimes get strange looks/questions from other pedestrians, and his feet get very dirty, but it’s easy to wipe them before going inside. When it gets too cold (i.e. he would sit down and refuse to walk on the sidewalk) we put some of these soft leather moccasins on him. https://amzn.com/B014EQ6OXM/
For cold rainy weather or older kids I’m not sure what the best choice would be. I’m somewhat of a mind to just buy some leather and make shoes at home; it doesn’t seem impossibly difficult (there are many straightforward patterns from e.g. North American tribes).
My son is about 17 months old and has been walking for about 5 months. We live in one of the warmer parts of San Francisco, so for the first 3–4 months it was warm enough that he could just walk barefoot around the neighborhood. We sometimes get strange looks/questions from other pedestrians, and his feet get very dirty, but it’s easy to wipe them before going inside. When it gets too cold (i.e. he would sit down and refuse to walk on the sidewalk) we put some of these soft leather moccasins on him. https://amzn.com/B014EQ6OXM/
For cold rainy weather or older kids I’m not sure what the best choice would be. I’m somewhat of a mind to just buy some leather and make shoes at home; it doesn’t seem impossibly difficult (there are many straightforward patterns from e.g. North American tribes).